The Hazara Review

🎙  The Hazara Review – Book Series This episode continues our multi-part examination of  The Hazaras of Afghanistan: An Historical, Cultural, Economic and Political Study  by Sayed Askar Mousavi. Part 2 explores Chapter 1:  “Who Are the Hazaras?”  — a foundational chapter examining questions of origin, identity, ethnicity, and historical narrative. The discussion analyses: Competing theories regar...

This episode examines Niamatullah Ibrahimi’s working paper,  “The Failure of a Clerical Proto-State: Hazarajat, 1979–1984,”  published by the Crisis States Research Centre at the London School of Economics . The paper analyses the rise of the Shura in Hazarajat following the 1979 uprising against the PDPA regime, and its attempt to function as an interim Islamic proto-state. It explores the Shura’...

🎙  The Hazara Review This episode marks the beginning of a multi-part audio series examining  The Hazaras of Afghanistan: An Historical, Cultural, Economic and Political Study  by Sayed Askar Mousavi . Part 1 explores the Introduction and Preface, where Mousavi outlines a new socio-anthropological approach to understanding Afghanistan through the study of the Hazara people. The episode examines ke...

This legal essay argues that the systematic violence directed at the  Hazara community in Afghanistan  fulfills the international criteria for  genocide . The author highlights a long timeline of atrocities, ranging from nineteenth-century massacres to modern-day bombings of schools, hospitals, and mosques. By examining the  Genocide Convention , the text demonstrates how these acts meet specific...

This 90-second legal brief summarises the September 2025 New Lines Institute report assessing whether acts committed against the Hazara in Afghanistan since August 2021 meet the threshold of genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention. It outlines key findings on protected group status, prohibited acts, genocidal intent, and state responsibility, and highlights the report’s call for international...

This episode examines the September 2025 legal report by the New Lines Institute assessing whether acts targeting the Hazara in Afghanistan since August 2021 constitute genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention. Applying the legal elements of protected group, prohibited acts, and genocidal intent, the report finds a reasonable basis to believe genocide has occurred and calls for international ac...

This episode examines Arif Sahar’s 2025 article in  Central Asian Survey , analysing the Hazara struggle for social and political rights through the lens of epistemic injustice. It explores historical marginalisation, structural violence, and the emergence of the Enlightenment Movement as a response to systemic discrimination. The discussion highlights how knowledge, voice, and recognition shape j...

This episode presents an AI-generated podcast created using a Google LLM, based on the findings of a UK parliamentary inquiry into the situation of the Hazara people in Afghanistan. The report, published by a cross-party group of UK parliamentarians, examines patterns of targeted violence, systemic discrimination, and the risk of atrocity crimes facing the Hazara community. This episode summarises...